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Dikkie Scipio
Born (1963-07-23) 23 July 1963 (age 63)
Utrecht, Netherlands
Alma materRotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
Occupations
PracticeClaus en Kaan Architecten; KAAN Architecten
BuildingsRoyal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp; Paleis Het Loo; Erasmus MC; B30; Faculty of Geoscience (GUZ) [de]

Dikkie Scipio (born in 1963 in Utrecht, the Netherlands) is a Dutch architect and academic. She is a founding partner of KAAN Architecten[1] and Professor of Architectural Design at the Münster University of Applied Sciences in Germany.[2] In 2023 she received the Prix des Femmes Architectes "Woman Architect of the Year - The International Prize" awarded by the French association ARVHA .[3][4]

Her best-known projects include the renovation and extension of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA) in Belgium,[5][6] and the underground extension of Museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn.[7][8]

Biography

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Scipio studied applied arts and interior design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague[9] before training as an architect at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture, obtaining a master's degree in 1995. In the same year, she joined Claus en Kaan Architecten and became a partner in 2002. After the practice was restructured in 2014 she co-founded KAAN Architecten with Kees Kaan and Vincent Panhuysen.[10]

Selected projects

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Selected projects Scipio has led at KAAN Architecten include:

Selected publications

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  • Claus en Kaan Architecten – The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique (NAi Uitgevers, 2005)[16]
  • Bouwmeesters – Het podium aan een generatie (NAi Uitgevers, 2007)[17]
  • BEELDEN – Stadsverfraaiing in Rotterdam sinds 1940 (Jap Sam books, 2016)[18]
  • Bridging Time (nai010, 2022)[19]
  • Reflections – Renewing Paleis Het Loo (nai010, 2023)[20]
  • The Palladio Method – Draughtsman and Designer, Mason and Engineer. Learning from the Master (transcript Verlag, 2024)[21]

References

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  1. Hannema, Kirsten (2020-12-17). "De architect is een zij". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  2. "Dikkie Scipio lehrt in Münster - Deutsche BauZeitschrift". www.dbz.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  3. Mitterlehner-Nemelka, Beatrice (2023-11-27). "Femmes Architectes Award in France". YesWePlan!. Retrieved 2026-07-15.
  4. rédaction, la (2023-11-24). "Prix des Femmes Architectes 2023". Archi (in French). Retrieved 2026-07-31.
  5. 1 2 Siegal, Nina (2022-09-20). "The Royal Museum With a White-Cube Gallery Inside". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  6. Morris, Ali (2021-04-12). "Kaan Architecten hides "autonomous" extension at the heart of Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts". Dezeen. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  7. 1 2 van Dijk, Harmen (2023-04-21). "Paleis Het Loo gaat ondergronds – de verbouwing is klaar". www.trouw.nl. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  8. Astbury, Jon (2023-04-27). "Kaan Architecten's underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to "radiate grandeur"". Dezeen. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  9. de Wilt, Koos (2025). Ruimte voor erfgoed in tijden van transitie [A place for heritage in times of transition] (in Dutch). Nationale Monumenteorganisatie. pp. 12–16.
  10. 1 2 kosterman, ron (2023-08-28). "Dikkie Scipio: 'Niets is mooier dan op de bouw zijn'". EWmagazine.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2026-01-16. Retrieved 2026-07-08.
  11. "B30 / KAAN Architecten". ArchDaily. 2017-05-03. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
  12. "Geo and Environmental Centre / KAAN Architecten". ArchDaily. 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  13. Morris, Ali (2021-04-12). "Kaan Architecten hides "autonomous" extension at the heart of Antwerp's Royal Museum of Fine Arts". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  14. Astbury, Jon (2023-04-27). "Kaan Architecten's underground extension to Dutch museum is designed to "radiate grandeur"". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  15. Weessies, Ronnie. "KAAN Architecten geselecteerd voor verbouwing Museum Catharijneconvent". architectenweb.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
  16. Ibelings, Hans; Forjaz, José; Gaunt, Rob; Scipio, Dikkie (2005). Claus en Kaan Architecten - The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Mozambique. ISBN 978-90-5662-420-0.
  17. Weeber, Carel; Hertzberger, Herman (2007). Scipio, Dikkie (ed.). Bouwmeesters - Het podium aan een generatie. NAi Uitgevers. ISBN 9789056625788.
  18. Thissen, Siebe (2016). BEELDEN – Stadsverfraaiing in Rotterdam sinds 1940. Jap Sam Books. p. 230. ISBN 978-94-90322-62-5.
  19. Bertels, Inge; Vandyck, Frederik; Bühler, Melanie; Mey, Louis De; Scipio, Dikkie; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Belgium), eds. (2022). Bridging time. Rotterdam: nai010 publishers. ISBN 978-94-6208-743-9.
  20. Alkemade, Floris; Bakkum, Peter; Harms, Pien; Scipio, Dikkie (2023). Alkemade, Floris (ed.). Reflections: renewing Paleis Het Loo. Rotterdam: nai010 publishers. ISBN 978-94-6208-807-8.
  21. Bürklin, Thorsten; Ebert, Martin; Scipio, Dikkie (2024). The Palladio Method: Draughtsman and Designer, Mason and Engineer. Learning from the Master. transcript Verlag. pp. 240–260. ISBN 9783839466728.

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